We’ll be adding information and links, but here are a lot of resources in a quick cheat sheet format. If you are looking for kids’ activities in Seattle including sightseeing and fun, even a few kid-friendly restaurants, here is our A-List! We love living in this city and my 9 year old Daniel and I never run out of great things to do…just time!! We want you to know how great the city is and look forward to coming here. Or if you live here, please share your favorties with me too! The Comments is open, folks!

Gasworks Park to climb and fly kites, good for long or short visit, also arrive early to get a place for fireworks July 4 and New Year’s Eve (Wallingford on Lake Union)Golden Gardens Park (Ballard)Green Lake is a 3 mile walk around the lake which is always a great activity, and there is a playground to run around (in the Green Lake neighborhood which also has tennis courts, sports fields, kayak lessons, and some well-know casual dining, or Duke’s Chowder House for a slightly more formal meal with 4 award-winning chowders and good fish) and kids’ menu).Harbor Steps, Seattle (near SAM, the Art Museum)
International District AttractionsKlondike Gold Rush Park & Museum (downtown Seattle)

Theo Chocolate Factory Tour (need reservations, I did a blog on this once, will try to find it…it’s in Fremont)Underground Tour (Pioneer Sqaure)
UW Arboretum also has great Family ProgramsVertical World Rock Climbing Gym (in Queen Ann down around Nickerson…also new facility being planned for 2011)Volunteer Park Conservatory (Capitol Hill)Waterfall Garden (Pioneer Square…secluded and beloved)Wing Luke Museum (“The Wing”), International DistrictWoodland Park Zoo even though sometimes the animals hide, it is a good example of a modern, “green” zoo where the animals’ comfort is considered over that of the visitors, and has a cool parrot house where you can hold and or feed the birds, and a variety of exhibits…also a great indoor run/climb/play area which will be less crowded in the weekdays. (Phinney Ridge, near Green Lake and Fremont)World Spice (you like to cook, right? kids can explore and sniff, you can stock up…)Ye Olde Curiosity Shop (near Acquarium on Alaskan Way)

Wallingford is one of the true livable walkable neighborhoods in North Central Seattle, west across I-5 from the U District. I have often thought of it as the quintessential Seattle neighborhood, a little more “green” and folksy than Queen Anne and with so much life and quirky personality that it sparkles. Yet it is rather a high end neighborhood with prices that are influenced higher by the easy commutes to downtown and the wonderful shoping and dining mere minutes from most resident’s front doors.

Three great features, Gas Works Park, Meridian Playground, and Lower Woodland Park grace the area, as well as the grounds of the elementary school which provides a wonderful home for various summer camps and classes in the summer. There is also the Seattle Demonstration Garden which is wonderful to visit. The Burke Gillman trail travels along Lake Union at the southern edge of the neighboorhood and several little clusters of houseboats dot the Lakeside at the Northlake location (these are besides all those at Eastlake and Westlake).